Its source is reason itself, and equality, which is the same thing as reason.

This thing is good and that is evil, _because_ it is good and because it is evil, and not because of what has been said or written.

It is the opposite of traditional bidding.

There is no tradition of the good.
Wealth and power must be earned, not taken ready-made; the idea of what is just or right must be reconstructed on every occasion and not be taken ready-made." Marie listens to me.

She ponders, and then says, "We shouldn't work if we hadn't to leave what we have to our relations." But immediately she answers herself, "No." She produces some illustrations, just among our own surroundings.
So-and-so, and So-and-so.